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[CITE: 16USC731]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
  CHAPTER 8--UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE
 
Sec. 731. Effect on other laws

    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting any portion 
of the Mississippi River from the provisions of Federal laws for the 
improvement, preservation, and protection of navigable waters, nor as 
authorizing any interference with the operations of the Department of 
the Army in carrying out any project now or hereafter adopted for the 
improvement of said river.

(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, Sec. 13, 43 Stat. 652; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

                         Change in Name

    Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of 
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of 
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of 
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10, 
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military 
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of 
the Army.
